Abulsme.com: Saturday, March 18th, 2017

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Two Way Split

This week on the Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast Sam is joined by guest co-hosts Ed and Bruce. Ed’s segment is mostly about the healthcare debate, with a touch of budget talk and a note on the Ides of Trump. Then Bruce joins the show to provide a Libertarian perspective on Trump’s first eight weeks in office. And even though he is out this week, Ivan wasn’t going to be left out completely, so he sent in a letter with his thoughts for the week.

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Show Details:

Recorded 2017-03-18
Length this week – 2:35:38

(0:00:11-0:09:45) But First
- Agenda
- Letter from Ivan
- Sam’s Guilt
(0:10:24-1:18:10) Ed from Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Weather
- Ides of Trump
- Healthcare Debate
- Trump Budget
(1:18:49-2:30:44) Bruce from Washington
- Television Woes
- Election Night Schadenfreude
- A Libertarian view of Trump
- Better than Hillary?
- Ineffective vs Dangerous Trump?
- Russia Hype
- Surveillance
(2:32:26-2:35:17) Wrap Up

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@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-17 (UTC)

00:35:29 Reading – Operation London Bridge: the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death (Sam Knight) https://t.co/JIqIdIXaDm
00:44:47 Reading – Mayo Clinic under scrutiny for possible civil, human rights law violations (Catharine Richert) https://t.co/BJkhrvfI9o
00:49:58 Retweeted @chrisgeidner 00:28:47 BREAKING: Judge Robart DENIES Washington’s request to enforce prior injunction as to new travel ban EO. Full order:вЂ¦ https://t.co/2RcNgYsHm6
00:51:24 Retweeted @bcburden 00:32:12 Partisans mostly “came home” in November. But Trump did better w his & Cruz’s primary voters than Clinton did w herвЂ¦ https://t.co/jioesXMzXD
00:57:02 Retweeted @TopherSpiro 00:02:25 Trump supporter calls the ACA a “blessing from God” – thinking Trump deserved the credit. https://t.co/V85pb23ye5
01:03:51 Reading: Whom to trust when it comes to health-care reform? Trump supporters put their faith in him. (Jenna Johnson) https://t.co/vAQZRBOe2h
01:06:11 Retweeted @tnewtondunn 2017-03-16 21:59:33 GCHQ on Trump spying claim: “These allegations are complete and utter nonsense”. Never heard intelligence officials so angry.
01:13:54 Retweeted @matthewjdowd 00:03:11 In America More people will die from hunger, inadequate healthcare than from a terrorist incident by a factor of more than 1000 times.
01:14:42 Retweeted @cimarcos 2017-03-16 22:02:33 Rep. Steve King (R-IA) tells me fellow GOP colleagues have “generally been coming by & patting me on the back” since they all returned to DC
02:00:02 Reading – Why Sequestration Is Poised to Kill Trump’s Budget (Annie Lowrey) https://t.co/yB28n3WWgG
02:12:31 Retweeted @dandrezner 02:08:49 Important thread. https://t.co/jCOdniqkYe
02:30:48 Retweeted @MicroWavesSci 02:07:36 Thread. https://t.co/mQPJyCixy3
15:56:42 Retweeted @SteveKopack 14:54:43 Trump: “Major meeting” tonight at Mar-a-Lago to “talk all about the VA”*turns to VA Sec.*
Will you be there?

*aвЂ¦ https://t.co/GbPJwnC7SQ
16:28:25 Reading – US says ‘strategic patience’ on NK is over (Shin Hyon-hee) https://t.co/jUXTPsfCKa
17:08:15 Retweeted @ZekeJMiller 16:48:37 Amazing: WH daily email links to this @petridishes story https://t.co/CbJj313yXR https://t.co/kKdz5JVFWu
17:40:05 Reading – The Highest Jump (Mark Betancourt) https://t.co/kkebIYcZpU
19:13:15 Retweeted @iSmashFizzle 19:11:33 This entire convo (above and below) is important. Black middle class does not operate at the same potential as theвЂ¦ https://t.co/gnr6vq4j34
19:32:08 Retweeted @brentgofftv 18:29:05 US reporters shocked when this German reporter asked #Trump: “Why do keep saying things you know are not true?” https://t.co/dm79kI7RHe
19:34:45 Retweeted @poniewozik 19:09:42 Trump is like a lot of cable news viewers: they don’t necessarily distinguish speculation from fact, it all becomes “I saw it on the news.”
21:26:18 Reading – How the White House made me Real News (Alexandra Petri) https://t.co/XOuch3bGui
21:34:13 Retweeted @motherboard 21:23:35 Wikileaks is refusing to tell tech companies how to patch the CIA’s zero-days until its demands are metвЂ¦ https://t.co/DCJ51lP1Te
21:38:32 Reading – Fired U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Said to Have Been Investigating HHS Secretary Tom Price (Faturechi) https://t.co/A7QaoKksQl
22:25:37 Reading – Conservative Fantasies, Colliding With Reality (Paul Krugman) https://t.co/pXMKXStFxT
22:27:22 Retweeted @paleofuture 17:42:10 Seriously, why is Ivanka in these meetings with world leaders? Has she been given a title yet because this is justвЂ¦ https://t.co/xVmLyXUzFC
22:43:57 Retweeted @HillaryClinton 15:49:28 Things I learned today. https://t.co/lM2xAjIg3H
22:54:59 Retweeted @kurteichenwald 01:01:26 40% of schools report drop in international applicants, who bring in more than $32B a year. American kids better start studying engineering.
23:14:46 Retweeted @chrisgeidner 23:00:34 JUST IN вЂ”> Judge Robart STAYS the request for a TRO in Ali v. Trump, given the Hawaii TRO (which is more broad anywвЂ¦ https://t.co/Cv06A24iHr in reply to chrisgeidner
23:14:54 Retweeted @jdawsey1 23:00:34 I know many Christians who disagree with this. https://t.co/HAvp7hvF1T

@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-16 (UTC)

00:04:28 Retweeted @KarenTumlin 2017-03-15 23:46:05 Legal breakdown of the reasonable person standard part of the HI TRO: any fool on the street knows it’s a #MuslimBan & that’s illegal, yo.
00:09:20 As delicious as reading that order was, I actually am uncomfortable using motivation/intent as the logic rather than text/implementation.
00:20:59 Retweeted @imbou 00:20:27 @abulsme there is plenty of clear evidence in intent I don’t see the issue in this case in reply to abulsme
00:23:25 .@imbou In general, outside of this particular case, is if text/impact are OK, why should motive matter at all? It should be irrelevant. in reply to imbou
00:26:41 .@imbou In this actual case seems like plenty is wrong without going to motive. Actual discriminatory impact. So no need to dig into motive. in reply to abulsme
00:27:43 Retweeted @imbou 00:27:27 @abulsme precedent is not on your side on this in reply to abulsme
00:28:51 .@imbou I know. I’m talking how I think things should be. Not how things are. As order cited, plenty of precident for considering motive. in reply to imbou
00:34:52 Trump is giving even more ammo against the ban in at this very second with every word out of his mouth if logic in today’s order holds.
00:46:54 Retweeted @KarenTumlin 00:45:01 And, the 9th circuit is in on the action today. They just denied an en banc request on the order to vacate the WA v. Trump prior decision.
01:04:37 Retweeted @MorganKIRO7 00:44:20 If you hope for lowland snow, time’s just about up. We keep warming, slowly, but spring is around the corner. #wawx https://t.co/eRRj7yYt1Z
01:05:01 Retweeted @FrankLuntz 00:42:32 The more Trump talks like this, the less likely his #TravelBan is to ever win in (any) court. https://t.co/ptScUAL0CG in reply to FrankLuntz
02:24:21 Interesting thread on Trump #MuslimBan motivations -> https://t.co/uKK9cQMqpX
02:33:44 Watching – Stephen Pulls A ‘Rachel Maddow’ (Stephen Colbert) https://t.co/rzBUiarJ3W
03:32:49 Retweeted @imbou 03:32:12 @abulsme federal court appointments are lifetime it takes a lot to stack federal courts. Trump & co wanted a ban fuck constitution in reply to abulsme
03:33:53 .@imbou There are many many openings right now though since R’s weren’t letting lots of O appointments go through. in reply to imbou
03:34:02 Retweeted @imbou 03:32:50 @abulsme they were more trying to see what they could get away with by exec power, so far, not as much as they thought in reply to abulsme
03:34:58 .@imbou I’m betting they actually gave very little thought to it. Just doing stuff. Not thinking about what happens next at all. in reply to imbou
03:35:58 Retweeted @imbou 03:34:57 @abulsme still not enough to stack that quickly and a lot of these judges that agreed with ban were appointed by R’s in reply to abulsme
03:36:03 Retweeted @imbou 03:35:33 @abulsme qualified judges don’t wipe their ass with constitution and precedent look at John Roberts in reply to abulsme
03:36:16 .@imbou Agreed in reply to imbou
03:36:21 Retweeted @imbou 03:36:10 @abulsme i agree little thought just push through see what sticks in reply to abulsme
03:53:30 Retweeted @BraddJaffy 02:09:42 Full stop. Take 2 mins. Read this Q&A between Trump & Tucker Carlson over where Trump got his wiretapping claims frвЂ¦ https://t.co/pieR3xyC7F in reply to BraddJaffy
04:05:22 Reading – Can Paul Ryan pull this off, or is he headed for a brutal defeat? (Paul Kane) https://t.co/96XfJawUJq
04:51:06 Retweeted @Amy_Siskind 01:39:44 Wow, Trump sure packed ’em in, in Nashville tonight <symbol><symbol><symbol><symbol><symbol><symbol> https://t.co/ZJGqmWuKep
05:31:56 Retweeted @HeerJeet 02:12:17 I used to think James Bond movies were unrealistic when they had a billionaire villain self-sabotage by explainingвЂ¦ https://t.co/yDOhdpxfpQ
06:02:50 Reading – The Trump Tower Wiretapping Hoax Has Imploded (@20committee) https://t.co/F2CWknaQRU
06:07:49 Retweeted @kennethfield 06:03:02 Funny, if it wasn’t true. https://t.co/zWG6aRGOgF
06:14:29 Reading – Trump’s budget calls for seismic disruption in medical and science research (Joel Achenbach) https://t.co/I38wdchYAD
06:24:51 Retweeted @williamlegate 03:03:51 This literally happened…
Tucker Carlson: “The counties who voted for you will do far worse under your plan”
DonalвЂ¦ https://t.co/d3lvCHMgxW
06:36:26 Retweeted @rebliv 06:34:41 Clean, drinkable water & medical research is for pussies! https://t.co/96DTbFeSuy
06:48:28 Retweeted @rebliv 06:40:31 Nothing to worry about. I’m sure Trump is negotiating a better deal for a new strategy against North Korea. And it’вЂ¦ https://t.co/lYftHYLUOR
06:50:55 Retweeted @WangCecillia 06:45:20 While east coast sleeps, Md. district court enjoins 6-country ban in @RefugeeAssist @HIASrefugees @NILC_org @ACLU case on #MuslimBan 2.0.
06:56:57 Retweeted @daisyowl 2017-03-15 00:03:53 if you ever code something that “feels like a hack but it works,” just remember that a CPU is literally a rock that we tricked into thinking
06:57:04 Retweeted @daisyowl 2017-03-15 00:20:55 @daisyowl not to oversimplify: first you have to flatten the rock and put lightning inside it in reply to daisyowl
07:06:04 Reading from December -> Why time management is ruining our lives (Oliver Burkeman) https://t.co/RRFSvMjZnD via @Instapaper
14:33:46 Retweeted @GlennThrush 14:24:59 Senior aide to Hill GOP leadership on Trump/budget: ‘its a joke…we’ve learned not to listen to anything he says or does. We’re on our own’
14:55:26 Reading – The powerlessness of Mattis, McMaster, and Tillerson.(Fred Kaplan) https://t.co/zyYiSwdCBS
15:06:57 Retweeted @axios 15:01:01 Another federal judge blocked Trump’s new travel ban, this one in Maryland. https://t.co/CNInQ2Kz83
15:07:35 Retweeted @brennacgray 14:59:20 Are you asking us to draw a line from the Trail of Tears to the Muslim Ban? https://t.co/4ST5oK1aL1
15:28:48 Reading – Trump Budget a Blast From the Conservative Past (Ed Kilgore) https://t.co/txKdpDOVBm
16:54:53 Retweeted @SmithInAmerica 2017-03-15 22:46:37 Trump voter James Walker, 31, from Nashville, says: “This is the first step: showing up and being honest.” https://t.co/kP1vLUHxNl
17:42:23 Retweeted @Reverend_Scott 16:05:36 a tragic story of a love lost https://t.co/2s1UqaOSJm
17:55:47 Remember folks, presidential budgets are always DOA. Even passed budgets don’t mean much. It is appropriation bills that actually matter.
18:02:20 Reading – How to Convince Someone When Facts Fail (Michael Shermer) https://t.co/kPO7FihL70 via @Instapaper
18:12:42 Anyone surprised? – Nazi-Allied Group Claims Top Trump Aide Sebastian Gorka As Sworn Member (Bayer/Cohler-Esses) https://t.co/kuyazUDLFc
18:32:00 Watching – The Unusual Formation of the Hawaiian Islands (Physics Girl) https://t.co/UmnPqOtLhq
19:02:40 Counter the the Gorka story from earlier – Tale of Trump Advisor’s Alleged Nazi Ties Unravels (Liel Leibovitz) https://t.co/8gMQj1IXIQ
19:17:54 Retweeted @iDeactivateMC 19:17:39 Minecraft are finally adding different colored beds in 1.12! ^_^ https://t.co/ov8Uswrgxo
20:50:54 Retweeted @th3j35t3r 19:17:53 BLOG POST UPDATED AT BOTTOM -Trumps 1040 form was mailed from Westchester on same weekend Trump family was there >вЂ¦ https://t.co/BkVuS5KiCd in reply to th3j35t3r
21:21:09 Reading – This Is the Ending Conservatives Always Wanted (Charles Pierce) https://t.co/lgKX5PUlj9

@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-15 (UTC)

00:03:03 This release better be the full real deal Donald federal returns and not some sort of bait and switch lesser thing or people will freak. :-)
00:04:29 Will be interesting to see if there really is anything in there, or if it turns out to be a big nothing.
00:24:12 Retweeted @goldengateblond 2017-03-14 23:56:41 The way this tweet is rocketing around the twitters, the M in OMFG stands for “Maddow” right now. https://t.co/rPhF2dVtlv in reply to goldengateblond
00:27:28 Retweeted @maddow 00:24:28 What we’ve got is from 2005… the President’s 1040 form… details to come tonight 9PM ET, MSNBC.
00:28:46 Retweeted @yashar 00:13:04 Three sources have told me the tax returns on Maddow tonight are 2005 tax returns and Trump reports 150 million in income.
00:35:15 Retweeted @BNONews 00:34:50 White House, in anticipation of MSNBC report, discloses that President Trump paid $38 million in taxes on income of $150 million – Reuters in reply to BNONews
00:38:23 Retweeted @joshgerstein 00:33:06 This is around the time of the Tim O’Brien defamation litigation which led to a 2007 deposition. Just saying. https://t.co/LJhvPkBMyn
00:39:37 Retweeted @AC360 00:22:21 Senator: Comey to go public on Trump-Russia probe https://t.co/YZ32bCBsdM @mkraju has more. https://t.co/PCeRjYuex5
00:41:24 Retweeted @chaosprime 2017-03-14 23:54:02 many microwaves died to bring us this information https://t.co/M2VGJthHjH
00:41:48 Retweeted @BuzzFeedBen 00:39:17 So is the news here … that he had more income than doubters thought and paid more taxes than some expected, if thвЂ¦ https://t.co/O2dGPf63jP
00:45:18 Retweeted @LetMicahDown 00:12:51 Obama: “Where are you going…”
Biden: “Lunch with Rachel Maddow”
Obama: “What’s that in your hand…”
Biden: “Don’вЂ¦ https://t.co/zdektSd5ZJ
00:47:43 Retweeted @mkraju 00:28:53 NEWS: Comey privately told Sen. Whitehouse and Graham he’d confirm if Russia/Trump FBI inquiry exists by tomorrow. https://t.co/6kshQeIFNk
00:50:55 Retweeted @Acosta 00:40:22 WH responds to MSNBC report on Trump tax returns: “you know you are desperate when you willing to violate the law..вЂ¦ https://t.co/B3a4Ximn3s
00:54:13 Only 2 pages, no supporting docs, from 2005. Will be interesting, but not the big bombshell. Need full recent returns to answer real Qs.
01:08:59 Retweeted @NoahCRothman 01:05:59 Enjoying everyone suddenly, just now discovering that Maddow does ten minutes of table setting and exposition for every, single, subject.
01:15:01 Retweeted @resisterhood 01:14:46 You can definitely tell who doesn’t watch @maddow regularly – welcome to A block! Get comfortable, it’ll be a little while yet.
01:16:05 Retweeted @GideonResnick 01:08:35 Here are the deets https://t.co/YVxMB3ck1e https://t.co/UEx3jLr6rF
01:18:17 Retweeted @rebliv 01:17:51 This is why I read 99.9% of my news & very rarely watch it on TV.
01:18:50 .@rebliv Canceled my cable a month ago, but listen to Maddow show sometimes as a podcast. Actually like her slow windups. :-) in reply to rebliv
01:20:10 Retweeted @aravosis 01:19:56 The context is great, but everyone else already has the story now. https://t.co/ffavF7dBZ4
01:21:00 Retweeted @rebliv 01:20:44 @abulsme I think I just prefer reading to human faces & voices. Actually as annoyingly slow as Maddow’s is being, her pacing is good. in reply to abulsme
01:21:46 .@rebliv Of course, when I listen to her, like all podcasts I listen to, I listen at 1.5x normal speed. So the windups are not as long. :-) in reply to rebliv
01:25:27 Retweeted @NirajC 01:16:53 – Maddow burying the lede
– DCReport buckling under server load
– Both beat to the punch by The Daily Beast: https://t.co/KKnOHq3pBM
01:29:01 Retweeted @jasonwstein 01:18:26 she finally got to the taxes but by then every website on the internet had published them and tv was officially dead
01:29:35 Retweeted @jackgillum 01:24:51 If “his mailbox” is literal, it’s the second time Trump’s tax returns have been sent to reporters via olde tyme snail mail.
01:33:27 Yup. Very little info, and nothing surprising or scandalous. Worth reporting, but because of the hype will just beвЂ¦ https://t.co/8h17UOuN4t in reply to abulsme
01:33:55 Retweeted @smotus 01:33:19 If the big takeaway is that Trump’s a hypocrite on the AMT… that’s a Capone-vault-level disappointment.
01:35:49 Retweeted @BraddJaffy 01:34:56 Key point. There was speculation after NYT report that Trump didn’t pay taxes for 18 years because of his 1995 lossвЂ¦ https://t.co/UvtG7dofY2
01:36:04 Retweeted @chrisgeidner 01:24:46 Trump’s 2005 tax return, from @maddow, via @DavidCayJ вЂ”> https://t.co/shWxzSZStc in reply to chrisgeidner
01:36:10 Retweeted @GaryGrumbach 01:30:04 It says “Client Copy” on the second page. Did @realDonaldTrump or someone close to him send this? https://t.co/aPIa466E8D
01:37:37 Retweeted @sahilkapur 01:36:53 Here’s a photo of the Trump tax returns that @maddow just displayed.There’s a stamp that reads “Client Copy.” https://t.co/GxmHGQDmd0
01:46:59 Retweeted @BenjySarlin 01:46:31 We have information now that we did not have yesterday on a story the public has a continued interest in seeing reported. Quit your whining.
01:47:08 Retweeted @PatrickNoth 01:42:51 It’s just two pages of a 1040 it’s not like he’s on tape saying he assaults women
01:48:39 Retweeted @elonjames 01:47:56 https://t.co/vbwnvjRXeM in reply to elonjames
01:50:35 Retweeted @owillis 01:50:19 UGH WOODWARD AND BERNSTEIN KEEP REPORTING ON THIS BURGLARY UGH WHEN DO THEY GET TO THE NIXON PART (If we had today’s journalists in the 70s)
01:53:11 Retweeted @RVAwonk 01:47:37 As @DavidCayJ told Rachel Maddow, we cannot discount the possibility that Trump (or someone close to him) leaked these returns.
01:54:42 Retweeted @CapehartJ 01:41:23 Too many of y’all are acting like Watergate was one big reveal. It took months of rigorous and boring reporting. Journalism takes time.
01:54:54 Retweeted @hunterw 01:53:47 Accountant I know just called me very upset at Rachel Maddow. “You can’t tell anything from the first two pages! It doesn’t show sources!”
01:55:06 Retweeted @AC360 01:17:19 .@VanJones68: If all we get tonight is that Trump paid $38M to America’s government, that’s a good night for Trump https://t.co/kvYlq8udPf
02:51:28 Retweeted @TheFix 02:02:43 This 2005 Donald Trump tax return is a total nothingburger https://t.co/ASYV8eLMPb https://t.co/CqhN1uh9Q8
02:52:58 Retweeted @kurteichenwald 01:56:42 For those unable to get it: If you have $10 bill in assets & earn $150 mill off it, u are worst at bizness ever. Or Trump lied about worth.
02:54:01 Retweeted @kurteichenwald 02:00:08 If Trump told the truth about his net worth in 2005, he earned 1.5% on his assets after tax. Savings accounts were paying 4.92%. He lied.
02:54:07 Retweeted @imbou 02:32:12 @kurteichenwald you replicated my calculation I would say optimist case is his net worth is 1 billion probably less in reply to kurteichenwald
03:29:34 Retweeted @gabrielroth 02:00:33 The characteristic feeling of the Trump era so far is вЂњconstantly worrying that everyone’s paying attention to the wrong thingвЂќ
04:07:27 Retweeted @SopanDeb 04:06:40 What a kicker quote from Judd Gregg in this @PhilipRucker/@costareports yarn on Trump world and healthcare reform:вЂ¦ https://t.co/fBclukBSDP
04:26:53 Reading – Trump loyalists sound alarm over вЂRyanCare,’ endangering health bill (Costa/Rucker) https://t.co/IrtvPlWavi
04:31:10 Retweeted @Yair_Rosenberg 03:34:43 As Trump nominates his fifth Goldman Sachs official, let us take a moment to remember the wrongest take of 2016: https://t.co/B2Lmjhe9iN
04:32:23 Retweeted @rey_z 2017-03-14 19:20:29 That…is literally how statues work, yes https://t.co/audzXIRFUM
04:40:34 Retweeted @normative 04:36:39 This is odd because it prompts the obvious question: Why would he be unable to confirm previously but now able? WhaвЂ¦ https://t.co/hB578wvJRw
04:46:16 Retweeted @goldengateblond 03:24:57 Ugh. You guys, no matter who leaked what, Trump is not playing 12d chess. Someone with no impulse control can’t be part of grand strategies.
04:54:39 Retweeted @chrisgeidner 04:36:04 READ: Relevant filings in the four Trump travel EO cases where action is being sought in the next 24 hours. https://t.co/o7szRY6F3p in reply to chrisgeidner
11:41:02 Retweeted @RVAwonk 11:30:38 Sen. Graham just told @Morning_Joe that Comey didn’t promise to reveal info on #TrumpRussia probe by today. They asked him to. We shall see.
13:01:18 Reading – вЂPeople are scared’: Paranoia seizes Trump’s White House (Isenstadt/Vogel) https://t.co/Z4uVO933Fs
13:57:44 Retweeted @KFILE 13:39:48 This poll does not seem great. He’s only beating Booker by 1% after campaigning in the state all of 2015/2016вЂ¦ https://t.co/isAUu6fTWC
13:59:29 Retweeted @ezraklein 13:39:28 Of the various lessons of Obamacare, this is the one I think is poised to bite Republicans hardest:вЂ¦ https://t.co/lrpjlPUJUr
17:12:04 Very good overview. Read. -> The Lessons of Obamacare (Kliff/Klein) https://t.co/80BqwXFojk
18:55:32 Thread on Obamacare being designed to be hard to get rid of -> https://t.co/x1QGWzT5D3
19:15:20 Retweeted @AwardsDarwin 19:06:20 Well just stand next to this railway line full of snow as a train passes. https://t.co/oA05hBFe1u
23:11:08 Ha ha! https://t.co/WQ3Ggm0WEQ
23:11:45 Retweeted @W7VOA 23:10:49 Fed judge in #Hawaii rules “strong likelihood of success” by claimants that #travelban violates Constitution. His TRO applies nationwide.
23:12:48 Retweeted @JoyAnnReid 22:56:30 Once again, looks like Trump and his team’s own statements are what did their travel ban in.
23:15:53 Retweeted @BNONews 23:15:34 Judge cites Trump’s own comments in blocking his new immigration order, saying they “betray the Executive Order’s sвЂ¦ https://t.co/YTe7PW2szr in reply to BNONews
23:46:09 Worth reading all 43 pages. This is delicious. Travel Ban TRO Ruling -> https://t.co/mRJU8btCCw
23:54:12 Retweeted @ananavarro 23:46:46 Daily Recap: Trumpcare wounded; Maddow meh; Hawaii Judge said, “Aloha Felicia” to travel ban; still no proof of wiretapping; Dutch are sane.

@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-14 (UTC)

02:07:03 Retweeted @KT_So_It_Goes 2017-03-13 02:51:21 OBAMA: I really want to get TrumpJARRETT: Should we leak his tax returns, sir?
OBAMA: Too obvious. Let’s spy on him with the microwave. in reply to KT_So_It_Goes
03:59:30 Watching – Jefferson Airplane White Rabbit Vocals Only (Joh Ph) https://t.co/8GEIqmY2B0
06:52:44 Retweeted @RVAwonk 2017-03-13 10:46:20 Dropping likes flies! -> Sen. Dean Heller (NV) joins 6+ Republican senators in opposition to GOP Obamacare plan. https://t.co/jsvnUDZu15
07:00:10 Reading – Goodyear retires blimps but keeps familiar form in flight (John Rogers) https://t.co/wahZQlDhjW
07:00:53 Retweeted @larry_levitt 2017-03-13 22:22:14 CBO projects average premiums will be somewhat lower than the ACA. Big reason: Fewer older adults buy insurance as it gets more expensive.
07:02:58 Retweeted @Snowden 2017-03-13 20:39:52 By all means, doubt me. Be suspicious and test my every claim. That’s rational.Then, do the same for those in power. That’s American.
07:56:28 Retweeted @MEMESG0D 2017-02-24 20:11:43 MY FAVORITE VIDEO ON THE INTERNET. https://t.co/3i8G5z0Ps3
08:10:03 From My Office Window https://t.co/8DQ584IB3f https://t.co/ex0VMSmB0K
10:01:55 Retweeted @billsweet 09:18:30 Yields back to the 1700s https://t.co/CHFQauDU2b
10:01:59 Retweeted @TheStalwart 09:21:04 It’s interesting to imagine what life would be like if all our policymakers hadn’t come of age during a once-in-thrвЂ¦ https://t.co/hpfHkivdha
14:58:09 Interesting but overblown. Clinton just BARELY lost & D’s gained in Congress FFS -> It’s Time for a Bluexit (Baker) https://t.co/hYAEGkA7wq
16:35:48 Retweeted @GIFs 15:49:26 https://t.co/ihFNADmO0K https://t.co/bsKhVbCzFH
17:51:12 All Hands 26 https://t.co/5zpYQJy4Qn https://t.co/JksdgICQYg
18:04:31 Retweeted @ParkerMolloy 12:40:07 If you see words like “journalism matters” and “no fascist” and think, “how dare they attack Trump!” what does thatвЂ¦ https://t.co/9CYNLDtDQ7
18:17:29 Reading – The Original Lie About Obamacare (David Leonhardt) https://t.co/0d2Fq6H4FC
21:50:17 Listening to CBO Score May Not Be Flawed, but the Media Coverage Definitely is
via iCatcher! https://t.co/mjKy7suGQr
22:21:25 Listening to Newshour The Politics of Immigration in the Dutch Elections
via iCatcher! https://t.co/hEIuDulHiC
22:43:44 Listening to Global News Podcast Huge snowstorm strikes Northeastern US
via iCatcher! https://t.co/pzPraTErP8
23:06:16 Retweeted @iDudeness 21:53:48 @abulsme it seems to me that had 26 red states not refused to expand Medicaid then CBO would have been spot on regarding Obamacare. in reply to abulsme
23:06:19 Retweeted @iDudeness 21:56:37 @abulsme 14 million Americans did not SEEK hardship exemptions from mandate, they were refused Medicaid expansion by Republican governors. in reply to iDudeness
23:09:15 Retweeted @scalzi 23:06:28 Folks, when you want to know why the current government is doing something, “Because fuck you, that’s why” is usually the correct reason.
23:22:40 Retweeted @MaxEhrenfreund 17:21:25 This reader *cannot believe* the GOP would raise premiums by $13k/yr on a 64-year old. Folks, it’s not a typo.вЂ¦ https://t.co/exOqTlZlWd
23:24:12 Retweeted @jameshohmann 22:42:06 A big deal for a GOP committee chairman to publicly block a Republican president’s nominee for deputy AG. Shows heвЂ¦ https://t.co/8kOdmGQojd
23:41:27 Retweeted @BNONews 23:40:55 BREAKING: MSNBC says it has obtained President Trump’s tax returns; details at 9 p.m. ET
23:48:22 Retweeted @maddow 23:36:21 BREAKING: We’ve got Trump tax returns. Tonight, 9pm ET. MSNBC.(Seriously).
23:49:08 Retweeted @mattdpearce 23:44:57 I’m already parsing the Maddow tweet like an ancient scholar to interpret what “Trump tax returns” means versus, saвЂ¦ https://t.co/psSDaW9xRe

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